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COIN
Unique ID: HESH-1C356A
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Awaiting validation 
A Post Medieval silver sixpence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603) dating to 1575. Initial Mark: Eglantine. Mint of London. North (1991) 2nd edition no. 1997.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Period from: POST MEDIEVAL
Period to: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Exactly AD 1575
Date to: Circa AD 1575
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 0.68 mm
Weight: 0.9 g
Diameter: 19.11 mm
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: HFDMG 3207
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Sixpence
Ruler/issuer: Elizabeth I of England
Mint or issue place: The Tower of London
Category: English coin early Modern 1489 - 1660
Type: Sixpence: Elizabeth I, 1561-1582 (N 1997)
Obverse description: too worn to identify bust
Obverse inscription: [ELIZABETH D G ANG FRA ET HIB REGINA]
Reverse description: square shield on long cross fourchee dividing the legend
1575 above shield
Reverse inscription: POSVI DEV ADIVTOREM MEV
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Eyton (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO4960
Four figure Latitude: 52.2358174
Four figure longitude: -2.74822608
1:25K map: SO4960
1:10K map: SO46SE
Grid reference source: Centred on field
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
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